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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Paz sees that Mexicans return to their tradition, what do they remember?
(a) That their tradition is mostly Indian.
(b) That they are part of Spain's tradition.
(c) That their tradition is rooted in conquest and slavery.
(d) That they do not belong to a greater universal tradition.

2. What did Paz find in the actions and faces of North Americans?
(a) A faith in man's intrinsic goodness and its effects on their culture.
(b) A faith in their society and confidence in its survival.
(c) A fear about the survival of their society.
(d) An unrealistic optimism about the future.

3. Paz discusses the result of persecution on the pachuco. What is that result?
(a) It strengthens his anger.
(b) It makes him stronger.
(c) It makes him distrustful.
(d) It breaks his solitude.

4. How did liberalism and democracy function in South American countries?
(a) As a veneer for the workings of colonialism.
(b) As the breath of fresh air, politically speaking.
(c) As an impetus to move the countries into modernity.
(d) As the new structure of governments around the continent.

5. Why are people sad if a person dies badly (Chapter Three)?
(a) The life is less important than the death.
(b) There is no honor in an untoward death.
(c) There will be no rest for his soul.
(d) The death should reflect the life.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does intimacy sprout among Mexicans?

2. What economic goal did the Revolution have?

3. How does the philosophy of progress treat death?

4. Other than solitude, what does the Mexican often feel in relation to other peoples?

5. How does solitude assume a purifying, almost purgative, quality for the Mexican?

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